My EMT class came up with TP My Axx (you get the idea) to remember the flow of blood through the valves: Tricuspid, pulmonary (to lungs) Mitral, Aortic (to body).
In addition, studies have shown that Parkinsonâs has no real impact on life expectancy and those in study groups live to the same age as those without the disease. In fact, most people can live up to twenty years after their diagnosis. Can You Die from Parkinsonâs Disease? Parkinsonâs is not a fatal disease, meaning those afflicted with it do not die from the disease itself.
Prognosis is currently guarded. While multiple system atrophy patients have been reported to live as long as 18 years, most MSA patients passing away from the disorder or its complications within 9 years of diagnosis 3. Nonetheless, there is reason for hope, for, as Parkinsonâs research goes, so goes MSA research.